14 DAY TRIAL // Back in 2017, Apple introduced the iPhone X with a controversial design change that was received with mixed feelings by the industry and consumers alike.
Called a notch, the questionable design choice allowed Apple to increase the available screen estate on its modern-generation iPhones while also introducing new features like Face ID for facial recognition. While some made fun of it at first, including rival Samsung, the entire industry ended up using the notch because of its obvious benefits.
Since 2017, however, we’ve kept hearing Apple wanted to make the notch smaller on every new iPhone, though this particular feature has remained largely unchanged throughout all these years.
This is how the dimensions of the notch on the iPhone 12 are pretty much the same as the ones of the notch on the iPhone X, though according to people close to the matter, this is all going to happen in the fall when Apple launches a new model.
iPhone 13 coming in September
The iPhone 13 lineup will finally make the notch smaller, and a video published on YouTube by Unbox Therapy provides us with a closer look at this highly anticipated redesign.
The iPhone 13 Pro Max dummy that you see in the video is based on schematics obtained from the supply chain and indeed shows a smaller notch as compared to the one on the existing models. It’s a welcome change, there’s no doubt about it, and in case you’re wondering how Apple managed to do it, the answer is as simple as it could be.
The company simply relocated the speaker from the notch to the top bezel, and this allowed the designers to reduce the size of the notch by as much as 30 percent.
The new-generation iPhone is projected to land in September with four models, all upgrades to the current devices already on the market.
